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This separation allows teams to change models without rebuilding the product and to enforce controls outside the model itself.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe architecture must also connect securely to existing data and systems. Reading governed data, searching documents, calling APIs or writing results back requires authentication, permission checks, schema validation, error handling and audit logs.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDeployment depends on the workload. Batch systems process records asynchronously, while interactive assistants and agents must account for response time, tool latency and concurrency. Many applications combine both approaches, using batch pipelines to prepare data that an interactive service retrieves at runtime.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EProduction design should make changes safe and reproducible. 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